Cuevas Defeats Guido Pella to Claim Rio Open Title

Pablo Cuevas has claimed his first tournament win of 2016…

The 30-year-old Uruguayan tennis player claimed his fourth ATP singles title with a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 victory over Argentina’s Guido Pella in the final of the Rio Open on Sunday.

Pablo Cuevas

The match was delayed for more than three hours by a torrential downpour with the first set tied at 3-3.

Cuevas, who defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, came out of the break fresher than Pella, a first-time ATP Tour finalist.

The Rio Open was plagued by rain all week and the men’s final was played in a sparsely filled center-court stadium.

Cuevas, ranked No. 27 in the world, has won all for of his titles on clay. His other titles were in Sao Paulo (2015), and Umag (2014) and Bastad (2014).

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